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Archive for February 27th, 2012
After a week of turning down play dates and dinner invitations because “I’m on piglet watch,” Betty Wilma had her litter either Saturday night or Sunday morning. When I checked on her Sunday morning, I found six nursing piglets and outside of the house was a dead and very cold piglet. Six out of seven [...]
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- Minus one guinea. Does anyone want a dog? Intelligent and trained but not good around birds.
- Somebody can't figure out why I have to enter their new house.
- The ducks are in the big house! I finally moved the young Rouens so I can use the other chicken tractors for the chicks. It's storming now so pics will be later.
Will’s Take on the Farm
- A catch up letter to good friend and former farm helper Jon. September 5, 2011Dear Jon, I will never have someone to help me down here on the farm that worked as hard or was as much fun to work with as you were. We rocked almost an acre of produce with just the two of us and a few hoes… A single plowing from a tractor, a couple of […]
- Garden Journal #3 August 3, 2011Things to remember for next years Spring and Summer planting. The Golden rule: thin more, seed less. I need a better Tomato trellis system, the post and cord method was fine but not great, I will try to make some cages, which is my favorite method but costly, I will also try a post and fence […]
- Garden Journal Entry#2 April 19, 20114/20/11 Today I finished planting the first of three rows in what we are calling the Pond Field which is about a quarter of an acre. Near the South end of this field I created another bed of 6 rows in which I planted English Peas, Radishes, Spinach, Kale, Arugula and Romaine. This is a partly shady […]